Planning application
16 Chaucer Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 7EB
Works: Extension Loft or dormer Roofing Demolition Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolition of existing garage and rear extensions. Single storey side extension, part two storey, part single storey side and rear extension. Application of external insulated render, reconfiguration of dormers and rooflights, repairs to chimneys, and replacement roof tiles.
As published by the council, reference 26/01488/HFUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01488/HFUL
- Type
- Householder Works/Extension
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 20 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 27 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 10 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Trumpington
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB2 7EB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01488/CONDA Awaiting decision
16 Chaucer Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 7EB
Submission of details required by conditions 5 (Ecology - Enhancement) and 6 (Badgers) of planning permission 26/01488/HFUL
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24/04223/HFUL Granted
16 Chaucer Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 7EB
Installation of electric gates at the entrance at the front of the property. Installation of metal railings along the front of the property. Installation of wooden trellis, extending the height of the fence along the side boundary of the property which runs adjacent to the public footpath.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Apr 2026
Received by Cambridge
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27 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/01488/CONDA Awaiting decision
16 Chaucer Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 7EB
Submission of details required by conditions 5 (Ecology - Enhancement) and 6 (Badgers) of planning permission 26/01488/HFUL
Who's behind it
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Cowper Griffith Architects LLP Agent, an architecture practice registered in Whittlesford
Active · incorporated 2011 · Whittlesford
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
45 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- TREES
- ECOLOGY
- DRAINAGE
- CONSERVATION
- EOT REQUEST
- SITE NOTICE
- CONFIRMATION OF REVISED DESCRIPTION
- ECOLOGY
- TREES
- BAT EMERGENCE SURVEY AND GROUND-LEVEL TREE ASSESSMENT
- EMAIL ENCLOSING ADDITIONAL ECOLOGY INFORMATION
- DRAINAGE
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- ECOLOGY
- FRA HH FROM
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TREE PLAN - EXISTING
- TREE PLAN - PROPOSED
- TREE SURVEY FORM - LEGEND
- TREE INFO
- INVALID LETTER
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- DESIGN, ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- TREE SURVEY
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PRELIMINARY BAT ROOST ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 10 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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